Chords for The Maids of Mitchelstown - Trad Irish Fiddle Lesson by Kevin Burke

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[D#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] The Maids of Mitchelstown. _
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] The Maids of Mitchelstown [N] is a ring that I think I probably learnt from
the playing of Bobby Casey. _ _ _
Mitchelstown, the town of Mitchelstown is in Cork, but I
always associate this tune with _ the great fiddlers from County Clare, _ of whom Bobby
Casey was one.
So it starts with the open D and then we go to the [D] open A. _ _ _ _ _ _
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So we have
open D, open A, _ _ [B]
G, E, _ [Gm] back to [D] G.
_ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So A, G, [G] _ _ [Am] A, C, A, _ _
[Em] _ G, E. _ _ _ _
_ So there they're opening two
bars.
[D] _ _ [E] _
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So the advanced _ version of the Maids of Mitchelstown, I'm going to put in a few
rolls and runs and a few extra pick up notes and also we'll pick up the [D] pace a little. _
[D] _ _ So that would be the [Dm] first difference, is that roll on the G.
_ [G] _ _ [A] And then [E] the _ _ A note, [A]
I
usually make it a triplet. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ And then the opening [D] notes, the D, A, [F#m]
I [G] sometimes _ [F#] shorten the D. _
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_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
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[A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _